A new expert report commissioned by the governments of Colombia, Kenya, France and Germany urges the international community to tackle the ‘vicious circle’ of rising debt burdens, climate change and nature loss.
The Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate shows how climate change and nature risks are worsening the growth and debt prospects of many emerging market and developing countries (EMDCs) at the same time as rising debt service burdens are reducing their ability to tackle such risks. The report aims to support countries make their debt more sustainable to finance much-needed climate a…
Un nuevo informe de expertos, encargado por los gobiernos de Colombia, Kenia, Francia y Alemania, hace un llamado a la comunidad internacional a enfrentar el “círculo vicioso” del aumento de la deuda, el cambio climático y la pérdida de naturaleza.
“Deuda saludable en un planeta saludable, el informe final de la Revisión de Expertos sobre Deuda, Naturaleza y Clima”, muestra cómo los riesgos asociados al cambio climático y a la pérdida de biodiversidad están agravando las perspectivas de crecimiento y endeudamiento de muchos países en desarrollo y de mercados emergentes, al tiempo que el a…
Five years from the deadline for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress has fallen short of expectations a decade ago when the journey began. Many factors have impeded better progress: weak institutional capacities, limited financing and fiscal space, low growth for major trading partners, the shock of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent cascading crises. In 2025, these factors have been compounded by geopolitical tensions and disruptions that may pose new obstacles for achievement of the SDGs, as well as new…
A cinco años del plazo establecido para la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, el avance no es el que se esperaba cuando se inició el camino hace una década. Numerosos factores han obstaculizado un progreso más satisfactorio: capacidades institucionales débiles, financiamiento y espacio fiscal limitados, bajas tasas de crecimiento de los principales socios comerciales, el choque de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) y otros que se dieron en cascada luego de ella. En 2025 se suma una profundización de tension…
Five years from the deadline for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress has fallen short of expectations a decade ago when the journey began. Many factors have impeded better progress: weak institutional capacities, limited financing and fiscal space, low growth for major trading partners, the shock of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent cascading crises. In 2025, these factors have been compounded by geopolitical tensions and disruptions that may pose new obstacles for achievement of the SDGs, as well as new…
A cinco años del plazo establecido para la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, el avance no es el que se esperaba cuando se inició el camino hace una década. Numerosos factores han obstaculizado un progreso más satisfactorio: capacidades institucionales débiles, financiamiento y espacio fiscal limitados, bajas tasas de crecimiento de los principales socios comerciales, el choque de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) y otros que se dieron en cascada luego de ella. En 2025 se suma una profundización de tension…
In a context of multiple global crises, foreign ministers and senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean and other member countries of ECLAC ratified today their commitment to multilateralism, regional cooperation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and they reiterated the urgent need to reform the multilateral system and the international financial architecture so that this eminently middle-income region can access adequate financing for moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development.
The Dialogue of Ministers of Foreign Affa…
En un contexto de múltiples crisis globales, Cancilleres y altas autoridades de América Latina y el Caribe y otros países miembros de la CEPAL ratificaron hoy su compromiso con el multilateralismo, la cooperación regional y la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, y reiteraron la urgente necesidad de reformar el sistema multilateral y la arquitectura financiera internacional para que la región -eminentemente de renta media- pueda acceder a financiamiento adecuado para avanzar hacia un desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible.
El Diálogo de cancilleres y altas…
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I will focus my remarks on two types of instruments which have the potential to catalyze further action to deliver on global environmental commitments: Debt swaps and thematic bonds.
Debt swaps for climate and nature are a financial instrument allowing countries to obtain debt forgiveness and reductions from external creditors in return for a commitment, on the part of the country, to invest in the protection of the environment, simultaneously addressing two major challenges to sustainable development: climate change and debt distress.
Thematic bonds are debt instruments which s…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) raised its average growth estimate for the region in 2021 to 5.2%, a figure that reflects a rebound from the deep contraction of 6.8% registered in 2020 as a consequence of the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This expansion, however, will not manage to ensure sustained growth, because the social impacts of the crisis and the structural problems in the region have deepened and will continue to do so during the recovery, according to the UN organization in a new special report presented today.
The document entitled The…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) elevó su estimación de crecimiento promedio para la región en 2021 a 5,2%, cifra que denota un rebote desde la profunda contracción de 6,8% anotada en 2020 como consecuencia de los efectos adversos producidos por la pandemia de COVID-19. Esta expansión no alcanzará para asegurar un crecimiento sostenido ya que los impactos sociales de la crisis y los problemas estructurales de la región se han agudizado y se prolongarán durante la etapa de recuperación, advirtió el organismo de las Naciones Unidas en un nuevo informe especial dado a…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) elevou sua estimativa de crescimento médio para a região em 2021 para 5,2%, valor que denota uma recuperação da profunda contração de 6,8% registrada em 2020 como consequência dos efeitos adversos produzidos pela pandemia da COVID-19. Essa expansão não conseguirá assegurar um crescimento sustentado, já que os impactos sociais da crise e os problemas estruturais da região se agravaram e se prolongarão durante a fase de recuperação, alertou a Comissão Regional da Nações Unidas em um novo relatório especial divulgado hoje.
O documento …
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
Welcome Remarks
Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado
18th Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
His Excellency, Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Chair of the CDCC,
Honourable Ministers and other Distinguished Representatives of CDCC Member Countries,
Representatives of regional and international organizations,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to be here with you once again in beautiful Port of Spain. I bring to you the warm greetings of our Executive Secretary Ali…
Evolving Development thinking and practices in
Latin America and the Caribbean: The role of ECLAC
Keynote Address by Dr Antonio Prado
Deputy Executive Secretary
18th CDCC Monitoring Committee
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
I thank Diane for that very fitting introduction to my presentation here this morning. We have begun considering how best to commemorate 70 years of ECLAC’s work as a Regional Commission of the United Nations. As you have just seen, our support for development in the region has taken many different forms. However it is safe to say that our principal contri…
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